αἰδοῖον

aidoion

privy parts, pudenda

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

αἰδοῖον, τό, freq. in pl. αἰδοῖα, τά, A. privy parts, pudenda, both of men and women, Il. 13.568, Hes. Op. 733, Heraclit. 15, Tyrt. 10.25, Hp. Aër. 9, Pl. Ti. 91b, etc.: sg., Hdt. 2.30,48, etc., freq. in Arist., HA 493a25, al. II. αἰ. θαλάσσιον a sea animal, perh. pennatula, Nic. Fr. 139, cf. Arist. HA 532b23.
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